Improvement in draw-bridge lock and signal



A. S. PHILBROOK.

FIRE-ESCAPES.

No. 195,161. Patented Sept.11,1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ALFRED S. PHILBROOK, 0F OLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FlRE-ESCAPES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,161. datedSeptember 11, 1877; application filed November 23, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, ALFRED S.PHIL13RooK, ofGlaremont, in the county of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire, haveinvented an Improvel Fire-Escape, which invention is fully set forth inthe following specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

My invention is designed to furnish, in a light and portable form, themeans of descending with ease and safety from the upper stories ofbuildings in time of fire.

A, Figure l, is the hook by which the apparatus is attached to thebuilding. 0 is the rope, which should be of sufficient length to reachto the ground. D D D are knobs of wood, or other suitable material,placed at convenient distances along the rope O, and held in place byknots F F F. Two stirrup sockets, one of which is shown in Fig. 2, titonto the knobs D D D. These sockets have a stirrup attached to them by aline of suit.- able length, and also have an opening on one side, whichadmits of their being taken from one knob and placed upon another.

In using these a person descending would place a foot in each stirrup,resting his weight on one, while, with his hands, he detached the othersocket and placed it upon a lower knob, and so on.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the hook A, the lever B,the rope O, the knobs D l) l), and the socket and stirrup, allconstructed and operating substantially as described.

2. The combination of the stirrup and socket, constructed and operatingsubstantially as described.

ALFRED S. PHILBROOK.

Witnesses:

J. W. ROBINSON, L. O. READ.

